Originally Posted by
hindsight2020
Did you have a non-airline civilian employer? My concern is not so much the 6 days a month so much as it is the weekday requirements and how to handle the civilian employer.
Is the potential civilian employer even legally allowed to ask me during an interview if I have membership in the US Armed Forces? My wife seems to think the whole concept of withholding from the potential employer during the interview my membership in the AFRES and the existence of this monthly service requirement, then dropping it on their desk on day one, is simply not gonna fly.
I rather not deal with that kind of underhanded approach, but how am I supposed to feed my family if civilian employers refuse to allow Reservist from serving inside the hours of 9-5 Mon thru Fri?!¿
I appauld your approach to this problem and agree with the tactics used, but maybe the question is that you need to find a job that WILL allow you to have those days available for the Reserves rather than basically tricking your way into a job and then dropping this hidden bomb in their lap.
That is a way to turn civilian employers against our Reserves.
We often ask for fairness from employers when dealing with us - but tricking them like this doesn't sound like a better tactic than what is often used against the employees.
These civilian employers are trying to feed their families to and make a living and I'm sure it is hard to do that if you invest in an employee and then they are not there for the purpose that you hired them for in the first place.
It is a tough situation no doubt. I hope that you are able to find employment that will allow you to met your goals and the employer can be proud and successful in hiring a Reservist at the same time.
USMCFLYR